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Walter Jackson Bate

American biographer (1918–1999).

Wikipedia

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

1956—1980

Recognition span

Author in the index

Walter Jackson Bate has 4 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1956 and 1980. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

National Book Awards3

Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards3

Pulitzer Prize2

National Book Critics Circle Awards1

Subject profile

Biography3

Arts & Criticism1

Indexed works

Books by Walter Jackson Bate

4 books · sorted by recognition

Samuel JohnsonBiography197828 pts John KeatsBiography196312 pts The Burden of the Past and the English PoetArts & Criticism19714 pts The Achievement of Samuel JohnsonBiography—4 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
1978	Samuel Johnson	Biography	28	2	4	Harcourt
1963	John Keats	Biography	12	1	3	Harvard University Press
1971	The Burden of the Past and the English Poet	Arts & Criticism	4	1	1	Harvard University Press
—	The Achievement of Samuel Johnson	Biography	4	1	1	Oxford University Press

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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